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Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

Bringing Business Leaders Back to School

February 21, 2024

Via: Education Next

In 1988, Xerox CEO David Kearns co-authored a book titled Winning the Brain Race: A Bold Plan to Make Our Schools Competitive. Three years later, Kearns became deputy secretary of education under President George H. W. Bush. Three years after […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

How can conflict resolution be embedded in classrooms?

February 21, 2024

Via: K-12 Dive

Embedding social-emotional learning practices in curriculum can help students strengthen their conflict-resolution toolkits by developing related skills such as self-awareness, communication and self-management. These can be developmentally taught across K-12 through cooperative games and activities, and by teaching students phrases […]


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How esports can help students in the classroom (no, seriously!)

February 8, 2024

Via: eSchool News

Ask most parents if their children’s school should start an esports team, and you’ll be met with reluctance. Video games? In the classroom? Absolutely not! The reasons why pile up quickly. Some worry it could lead to their children spending […]


Education Tech

Leveraging student data to improve IEPs

January 11, 2024

Via: eSchool News

Educators generate and collect student Individualized Education Program (IEP) data daily. Because of the number of stakeholders involved in the IEP development and implementation, student data sets may exist in case files, spreadsheets or several software programs. Some school leaders […]


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Prediction: All schools will embrace sensory spaces

January 9, 2024

Via: eSchool News

As we stand on the cusp of a new year, it’s remarkable to reflect on how sensory spaces for schools have evolved. It has been quite heartening. This shift is not merely a coincidence; rather, it is a result of […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

Special ed dispute resolution trends mostly return to pre-pandemic levels

January 8, 2024

Via: K-12 Dive

Early dispute resolution approaches, such as voluntary mediation, can cut down on more adversarial and costly avenues to address school-family disagreements, CADRE said. Plus, since mediation can result in two parties reaching their own agreement — rather than a hearing […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

What do schools need to know about USDA’s Summer EBT program?

January 4, 2024

Via: K-12 Dive

School districts located in states that opt into the Summer EBT program will have to share with state officials their data on which students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, said Crystal FitzSimons, director of school and out-of-school time […]


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Schools on guard against respiratory illnesses

January 4, 2024

Via: K-12 Dive

As students and staff return to campuses after winter break, some schools are on heightened alert with respiratory illnesses rising in their communities. In Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools, a health update issued Tuesday from Dr. Patricia Kapunan, the district’s […]


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5 critical ingredients in a school safety plan

January 2, 2024

Via: eSchool News

Teacher training programs often introduce aspiring educators to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, an eight-decade-old principle that reminds teachers that learning is significantly more difficult when other needs are not accounted for. Physiological needs such as air, water, and food are […]


Education Tech

Where does blended learning fit in post-pandemic classrooms?

December 26, 2023

Via: eSchool News

Avantis Education, the leading provider of VR and AR content and hardware for K-12 schools, has released a new white paper: “Building Back Stronger: New Thinking and Technologies Reshaping Education” which delves into the myriad ways K-12 schools are embracing […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

What a 4-day school week might mean for your district

December 21, 2023

Via: eSchool News

West of the Mississippi, a new approach to seat time is catching on. Roughly 1,000 different schools have transitioned to a four-day school week (researchers abbreviate this as a 4dsw), which amounts to a sixfold increase since 2000. Twenty-five percent […]


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K12 cybersecurity threats to your school can be lowered-here is how

December 11, 2023

Via: eSchool News

The school bell is about to ring in another academic year, and as children pull out their lunchboxes and teachers decorate their rooms, schools continue to face an onslaught of K12 ransomware while also grappling with perpetually insufficient budgets, legacy […]


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U.S. Business Schools’ Talent Pipeline Problem

December 7, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

As the deadlines for Ph.D. applications draw near, the concern and panic of doctoral program coordinators like me are beginning to grow. The concern is over the number of qualified applications our programs will receive. The panic is that we […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

School districts face growing competition for students

December 5, 2023

Via: K-12 Dive

Competition for students is on the rise among traditional public schools, charter schools, private schools and homeschooling within the nation’s 125 largest school districts. But that competition is only modest in scale, according to a study released Tuesday by the […]


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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $74 Million to Expand Full-Service Community Schools

November 28, 2023

Via: U.S. Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education today announced nearly $74 million in new, five-year Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) grants to support an additional 30 local educational agencies, nonprofits, and other public or private organizations and institutions of higher education working to […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

Collaboration is the key to student success from school to college to career

November 1, 2023

Via: EdSource

Could collaboration between TK-12 schools, colleges and industries improve educational equity and opportunity for the most high-needs learners? California is betting that the answer is yes and is backing that belief up with a $250 million investment in the Regional […]


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White House, Ed Dept call on schools to protect youth from fentanyl dangers

October 31, 2023

Via: K-12 Dive

“There is no time to waste when responding to an overdose, and it is critical that youth and school personnel can access naloxone on school grounds during and after school,” Cardona and Gupta’s letter said. The letter pointed to illicit […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

6 ways to better communicate complex school issues

October 24, 2023

Via: K-12 Dive

There’s a lot about school and district management — like finances, curricula and special education — that is just tough to explain to noneducators. But school professionals must try to better communicate these complex issues to spur greater opportunities for […]


Education Tech

How schools can help students overcome the digital divide

October 20, 2023

Via: eSchool News

When it comes to digital equity, U.S. schools are well-positioned to help families get online with low-cost, high-speed internet options through the federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), according to a new study from Discovery Education and Comcast. However, the […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Economics

These K–12 Schools Are Using Asset-Tracking Technology To Save Money and Reduce Risk

October 16, 2023

Via: EdTech Magazine

When Erin Ford joined Virginia’s Chesterfield County Public Schools as director of technology services, she became concerned about the way the district monitored its technology assets. “We were tracking Chromebooks in a vendor-supported asset management system,” she says. “We also […]